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Scene of operations where dramatic events take place (7)

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I believe the answer is:

theatre

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'scene of operations' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'dramatic events take place' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'take' could be 'eat' (eating is a kind of taking) and 'eat' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'where' is the link.

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(Other definitions for theatre that I've seen before include "where people go to watch" , "Auditorium" , "Space for dramatid art" , "Criterion in London, say" , "(Lecture) room" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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